top of page
Michael_Kuo_Headshots_Valentina_Sadiul_072024-1411 edt_edited_edited.jpg

KUO

MICHAEL JESSE

"

Rambaldo [was] Portrayed with delightful ambiguity by compelling baritone Michael Kuo.

Cordell Reports

About

MICHAEL

Taiwanese-American baritone Michael Jesse Kuo is a versatile and dynamic artist making a significant impact on operatic and concert stages across Northern California. Looking ahead, Kuo joins the resident company of Opera San José as an Artist-in-Residence for the 2026/2027 Season, where he will step into the next This prestigious appointment marks an exciting new chapter in his career he joins a cohort of artists for a busy season as; Leporello (cover) in Don Giovanni, Mendel in Fiddler on the Roof, Jack Hubbard in Doctor Atomic, and playing Dancaïre and covering Escamillo in Carmen ...

Votre Toast
Schedule

SCHEDULE

Don Giovanni

Opera San Jose

Leporello cover

SEP 13 – 27

The production follows a charismatic anti-hero who pursues pleasure without remorse, leaving a trail of broken hearts and vengeful spirits in a world re-examining the limits of entitlement.

Opera: Love in Many Voices

222

Soloist

FEB 20

In recital with Josephine Lee, soprano, and Ihang Lin, piano.

Carmen

Opera San Jose

El Dancaïro
Escamillo Cover

APR 18 – MAY 02

In this high-stakes collision of autonomy and obsession, the bold, free-spirited Carmen refuses to be possessed, drawing the soldier Don Jose into a dangerous world of defiance that ends in a seismic reckoning of the heart.

Fiddler On The Roof

Opera San Jose

Mendel

NOV 15 – 29

In a vibrant Jewish shtetl on the eve of upheaval, Tevye, the enduring dairyman, grapples with his daughters’ dreams of love while clinging to the customs that provide his world’s structural integrity.

Opera: Love in Many Voices

Finn Center

Soloist

FEB 27

In recital with Josephine Lee, soprano, and Ihang Lin, piano.

Opera: Love in Many Voices

The Sequoias

Soloist

FEB 9

In recital with Josephine Lee, soprano, and Ihang Lin, piano.

Doctor Atomic

Opera San Jose

Jack Hubbard

FEB 14 – 28

Chronicling the moral and emotional turmoil surrounding the Manhattan Project, this opera dramatizes the high­stakes days when J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team confronted the ethical weight of unleashing unprecedented destructive power.

bottom of page